Dear Family and Friends,
I hope that you find this blog interesting, as I journal my weekly events and tell you about life here. Bogotá, Colombia is a city of 9 million people (I have asked a few taxi drivers) and it is 8,661.4 ft up in the air! (point of reference, Denver is 5,183 ft above sea level).
I have four roommates, Rebecca from Indiana; Melody, a Moody grad from Ohio; Casey, from North Carolina, and Liz from Wisconsin. We live in a townhome about 15 minutes from El Camino. The picture is the view out my front door. We have guards at our conjunto (our gated neighborhood) which helps us feel safe.
El Camino is very far north in the city and we cross a bridge and hop on the UDCA bus to get there. Recently the school started providing a ruta (a van route) for us. It is so great because in the mornings the busses are so full of people and stop very often to pick up more. We make it to school in about half the time! On the way to school, we see lots of cows tied along the side of the road, and stray dogs. And traffic jams abound in this city, except for a few rush hours in the morning and evenings when "pico de placa" is in effect. It means pick the [license] plate, and depending on the day half the people can't be on the road because of their license plate number.
If you want to learn more facts about Colombia, you can go to "http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/co.htm". It's a cool country!
